The Qing army entered Yunnan in three ways, and there was a Manchurian and Mongolian army led by Wang Doni of Xinjun as the commander, counting the soldiers and civilians, the total strength was no less than 300,000, which was the largest mobile corps of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the most elite corps. Among them, the Ganshan Green Battalion, which was originally a border army of the Ming Dynasty, was even more powerful, such as Daniel Zhang, Zhao Liangdong, Sun Sike, and Wang Jinbao.

If the southwest is like the original time and space, then the Qing army will not only occupy Yungui completely, but will also receive no less than 100,000 troops from the Great Western Army, so that the total strength of the Qing army in the southwest will reach 400,000. If Zhou Shixiang chooses to attack Zhejiang and Fujian in the north and sit back and watch the defeat in the southwest, even if the Taiping army breaks through Fujian and Zhejiang and enters the city of Nanjing with divine help, it will only be a lone army facing hundreds of thousands of Qing troops surrounded on all sides, and Laochao Guangdong will be occupied by the Qing army attacking from Guangxi overnight.

Although the Taiping army surrendered a large number of troops, but the children of Guangdong still accounted for forty percent, and the families of the Han army in the surrender were also in Guangzhou, if Guangdong was lost, it would undoubtedly be a heavy blow to the military spirit of the Taiping army, and even be able to disintegrate this army formed by force.

It is obviously not advisable to attack Zhejiang and Fujian in the north, Zhou Shixiang must not sit idly by and watch the southwest be destroyed, even if Yongli still abandons the country, he must keep Li Dingguo, let the King of Jin contain the Qing army in the southwest, so that the Taiping army has more time to develop, and also allows him to have more choices, rather than being forced to make decisions.

In order to help Li Dingguo, the Taiping army had to enter Guangxi to attack the Qing army of Zhao Butai who came from Hunan, forcing the Guangxi Qing army line Guoan and Quanjie to be unable to join forces with the other two Qing armies, and disrupting Hong Chengchou's plan to enter Yunnan by three routes. Alleviate the pressure on Li Dingguo's main force, and do everything possible to eliminate or weaken the Qing army on the left.

If possible, the Taiping army will also enter Guizhou to cut off the grain route into the Yunnan Qing army. Even if they can't cut off their food routes, they must make it impossible for the Qing army to concentrate on dealing with Li Dingguo, so that the war can drag on indefinitely. It is impossible for the Qing army entering Yunnan, which completely relies on the transportation of grain and grass from outside, to fight a protracted war with Li Dingguo in Yunnan, and can only withdraw at that time. In this way, Wu Sangui's troops on the right were still pinned down by Li Dingguo, and the Luo Tuo troops on the middle road could only be stationed in Hunan and Guizhou, and they could not spare their hands to deal with the Taiping army coming from the direction of Guangdong on the left. And the Taiping army was able to enter Guizhou. The premise is to inflict heavy losses on the Qing army on the left and seize Guangxi.

The edict of Shunzhi has a clear explanation for Doni, and the three-way army in front is progressing smoothly. Doni's Manchurian and Mongolian army can go south to pick up fruits, and the battle ahead is not going well, and most of Doni's army does not dare to move easily, after all, Guangdong has folded a Prince Jian Jidu. In case Doni asks the Taiping Army to fold again. I'm afraid that this time it's not Shunzhi alone, who wants to rule by shouting about rowing the river. Instead, the Qing court shouted together to divide the river and rule.

However, in terms of time, it was too late to send troops to Guangxi to directly block Zhao Butai, and the news sent by Tang Sanshui showed that Zhao Butai had led his troops south into Guangxi in early March. Jidu's side is still resisting stubbornly, waiting for reinforcements from Dasu, which is no longer possible. Zhou Shixiang's most optimistic estimate is that it will take seven or eight days to solve the problem.

Wait until you're done cleaning up. The Taiping army could not immediately move west into Guangxi, so Zhou Shixiang had to immediately integrate the surrender army, and completely occupy Chaozhou and Huizhou, bring these two prefectures into the territory of the Taiping army, promote the establishment of villages and townships, and integrate the manpower, money and food resources of the two prefectures for the Taiping army.

In this process, Hu Qili, the chief soldier of Huizhou, and his generals must be an obstacle, after all, Zhou Shixiang promised Huizhou to them when he was at the mouth of the Sanjiang River, in essence, Hu Qili is the emperor of Huizhou, and now he wants this emperor to give up his territory and obediently accept the leadership of the Taiping Army, and people will definitely not be willing. Zhou Shixiang has already made a plan, if Hu Qili does not know him, he will be dealt with by force. He had no time to waste on these generals, he had to integrate Chaozhou and Huizhou in the shortest possible time, and stationed heavy troops in Chaozhou to establish a defensive line, so that the nest would not be attacked by the Qing army when he entered Guangxi in the west.

When the Qing army entered Guangdong, there were only two roads, one was to enter Chaozhou through Fujian, and the other was to enter Shaozhou through Ganzhou, Jiangxi, so it was necessary to establish a defensive line in Chaozhou. For Shaozhou, there is no need to be monitored by heavy troops, because Tang Sanshui, who has just been promoted to the chief soldier of Shaozhou, is really a lovely person, and Zhou Shixiang is really a hero. Zhou Shixiang was defeated by Jidu, Tang Yingying was afraid that he would be able to take advantage of the fire to rob, now, Tang Yingying is thinking more about how to get more benefits from the Qing court, after all, Tang Yingying is now the highest official of the Qing Dynasty in Guangdong, and the Qing Dynasty has to point to him to stick to Shaozhou and prevent the Taiping Army from going north to Hunan from this direction.

After integrating the territory of Chaozhou and Huizhou and solving the problem of surrendering the generals and surrendering the army, Zhou Shixiang also had to give the Taiping army who had just fought a war time to recuperate, and in addition, he had to let the soldiers and civilians return to their hometowns to cultivate. Without food, the Taiping army still fought a hanging battle.

Although Zhou Shixiang must enter Guangxi to fight, he can't go in vain, and the Yongli court must give him a name to make him king. The prince is in this name, Guo Zhiqi has returned to Kunming, whether he can fight for the name of the prince for Zhou Shixiang depends on whether the Yongli court understands the overall situation. If the Qing army pressed the border in three ways, and Zhu Youlang was reluctant to have a prince title, then the son of heaven would really be blind.

Zhou Shixiang's bottom line is that if the imperial court refuses to make him a prince, he must also be promoted to the king of the county, and at the same time, Zhou Shixiang controls all the Ming troops in Guangdong, and the prince and prince must obey his command Zhou Shixiang, and the governor of Liangguang and Lianchengbi and other Guangdong officials must also accept the leadership of Zhou Shixiang. For the Ming army that refused to accept the command, Zhou Shixiang did not hesitate to transfer troops to suppress it, and fought until the other party was willing to obey. Zhou Shixiang didn't mind cutting off the heads of the two marquis to shock these little warlords, if he couldn't integrate the strength of the Ming army in Guangdong, these warlords would be a time bomb in the future, the Taiping army was not going well in Guangxi, God knows if there is an idea of attacking Guangzhou. After all, although these people have always insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty, most of them have also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty after the defeat of the southwest.

It will take time to consolidate the territory, gather strength, and resume spring ploughing, which can be as fast as three months and as slow as half a year. Zhou Shixiang decided to expand the army immediately after the war, expanding the Taiping army from four towns to eight towns, and the four towns were stationed in Guangdong proper, and the four towns were mobile forces, and they were also the main force entering Guangxi. (To be continued.) )